Understanding Poverty (slight shelf wear) by Peter Alcock

Low stock: 1 left

215mm x 139mm x 17mm

Pages: 285

This second edition of an important text has been substantially revised and updated to incorporate new evidence and arguments regarding poverty in Britain. Comprehensive and accessible, it deals with the problems of definition, measurement and distribution of poverty and analyses the full range of debates about its causes and its possible solution. It is essential reading for students of social policy, sociology, social work and related social sciences.